So some additional thoughts on the #thevieevent, an antivaccine confab held on the Mall in Washington, DC yesterday to protest the anniversary of the passage of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986. 1/ #VIEeventhttps://respectfulinsolence.com/2019/11/15/vaccine-injury-epidemic-vie-antivaxers/ …
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First, I’ve had a couple of commenters in the post above claim that this “wasn’t an antivaccine event.” Su-ure. 2/
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My response? If this wasn't an antivaccine event, can you point me to a single vaccine that a single speaker at
#VIEevent considers safe and effective (and beneficial) enough to recommend to all children without a legitimate medical contraindication?#theVIEevent 3/2 replies 2 retweets 7 likesShow this thread -
Can defenders of
#theVIEevent point to just one vaccine that just one of the speakers portrays as something other than a hideous toxic brew that will cause autism, autoimmune diseases, SIDS, etc.? Just one speaker? Just one vaccine? I can’t, but maybe I missed one. 4/1 reply 1 retweet 6 likesShow this thread -
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#theVIEevent wasn’t antivaccine, why did so many of the speakers compare our system of vaccine mandates to the atrocities of Nazi Germany? James Lyons-Weiler basically compared vaccine mandates to the requirement that Nazi citizens buy a copy of Mein Kampf! 5/#VIEevent1 reply 2 retweets 7 likesShow this thread -
Never mind how ahistorical that claim is. German citizens weren’t required by the Nazi regime to purchase Mein Kampf. Sure, there was peer pressure, but the regime also gave the book away to newlyweds and soldiers. 6/
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Of course, seeing “Dr. Bob” Sears weep with guilt in his
#theVIEevent speech over his past role in causing injury to children through indiscriminate vaccination before he saw the light was the most antivax thing I’ve seen in years.#VIEevent 7/1 reply 2 retweets 9 likesShow this thread -
I mean, why would you weep with guilt over your past role in “indiscriminately" vaccinating children if you weren’t antivaccine?
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No,
#theVIEevent was antivaccine AF. Every speaker was antivaccine, some (like@delbigtree and James Lyons-Weiler) over-the-top histrionically antivaccine.#VIEevent 9/3 replies 1 retweet 8 likesShow this thread
Fortunately, the turnout was pretty pathetic. At most it looked like maybe 250 people at #theVIEevent , and I think that’s probably a generous estimate. #VIEevent 10/10
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